Software

Modalics Beat Scholar: a new hyper-divisible drum machine plug-in made of pizzas

Beat Scholar promises to let you slice and re-slice with a built-in sampler and endless free subdivisions - without losing...

Arturia Dist COLDFIRE review: a red-hot coloration, overdrive, distortion multi-effect

Distortion? Already interested. But Dist COLDFIRE goes further, even compared to other recent tools with dual-distortion and modulation. Deep inside,...

Mouth Play is a vocal tract filter for Ableton Live with loads of extras, by Dillon Bastan

From the prolific, inventive Max for Live developer Dillon Bastan comes a new instrument that can shape, sing, roar, breathe,...

Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Just when you think software has lost its wonder, you're singing into your iPhone with some cute animated blobs. Chantlings...

Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Just when you think software has lost its wonder, you're singing into your iPhone with some cute animated blobs. Chantlings...

Linux gets native analog modeled plug-ins, Pultec emulations, with VST, VST3, and now – CLAP

Linux has the hosts - Bitwig, Ardour, Reaper, Renoise, Tracktion. And now, it's got the high-quality analog models, too, including...

Stable Diffusion, generative AI tool, now available in public release

The "hot s***", open, purportedly ethical generative text-to-image AI generator has now moved from invite-only contexts and Discord to full...

Tracktion Waveform Free gets updates for 2022 – and it’s a solid no-cost starter DAW

Free matters - for beginners, for cash-strapped musicians, for teaching, for exchange with other folks, and as a way to...